Infrastructure — Malawi
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for Malawi: 32
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Transportation
- Airports - total
32
- Airports with Paved Runways
7
- Railways
495 Miles 797 Kilometers
- Roadways- total
9,600 Miles 15,450 Kilometers
- Roadways- paved
4,319 Miles 6,951 Kilometers
- Waterways
435 Miles 700 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
Chipoka, Monkey Bay, Nkhata Bay, Nkhotakota, Chilumba
Communications
- Telephones
175,000
- Cell Phones
1,051,000
- Internet Users
139,500
- Internet Country Code
.mw
- Internet Hosts
870
- Broadcast Media
- radio is the main broadcast medium
- state-run radio has the widest geographic broadcasting reach, but about a dozen privately owned radio stations broadcast in major urban areas
- the single TV network is government-owned
- relays of multiple international broadcasters are available
- Telephone System
- general assessment: rudimentary; privatization of Malawi Telecommunications (MTL), a necessary step in bringing improvement to telecommunications services,
- completed in 2006 domestic: limited fixed-line subscribership of about 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular services are expanding but network coverage is limited and is based around the main urban areas; mobile-c
- ellular subscribership about 25 per 100 persons international: country code - 265; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean, 1 Atlantic Ocean)
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
1,572,000,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
1,690,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
12,060